"It is something you realise the more you work here, that maybe Britain benefits from having someone to get angry with, and that compared to my predecessors I have got off lightly”, he said in an interview for BBC Two documentary Goodbye to Canterbury, according to The Daily Telegraph.

Dr Williams was often criticised throughout his tenure for being outspoken. In 2008, the Archbishop's comments that the adoption of some aspects of Islamic Sharia law "seems unavoidable" were condemned by many.

His successor, Bishop of Durham the Rt. Rev. Justin Welby, will take over the post in March.